Wilson-Raybould discloses litigation principles in Charter cases

Canada’s attorney general says she follows six principles in deciding whether to defend Charter challenges, including attacks on Conservative-era laws the Liberals have pledged to repeal.

Jody Wilson-RaybouldOn Friday Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told a conference on the Charter, put on by the University of Ottawa, she must uphold the “principle of parliamentary democracy” which makes her, as attorney general, “responsible for upholding laws passed by Parliament until they are changed by Parliament or declared unconstitutional by a court.”